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Summer annual broadleaf weed.
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Leaves are opposite and not symmetrical.
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Stems are smooth or hairy with "milky" sap inside.
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Reproduces by seed.
Spotted Spurge
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Has a distinct reddish spot on the leaves.
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Has freely branched prostrate stems that do not root at the nodes.
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Found in any disturbed area.
Prostate Spurge
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Is similiar to Spotted Spurge but roots at the nodes.
Roundleaf Spurge
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Smooth stems that do not root at the nodes.
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Leaves round, or nearly so with smooth margins and lopsided bases.
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Found in sandy areas
Hyssop Spurge
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Erect or ascending with smooth stems.
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Leaves oblong to almost linear, with toothed margins and lopsided bases.
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Found in lawns and disturbed areas.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing
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Herbicides:
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Preemergence - atrazine*,
simazine*,
pendimethalin, isoxaben.
(Apply in the spring after green-up.)
* Excellent tolerance in centipede
and St. Augustine grass only.
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Postemergence - combination of these products:
[dicamba**,
MCPP**, 2,4-D**,
and/or 2,4-DP**]
(Apply in the spring/early summer.)
** Use
lower rates on centipede and St. Augustine grass.
Do not use in the root zone of desirable plants, especially dicamba.
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Read the Label ------------------------
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Spotted and Prostrate Spurge
has a reddish spot on its leaves.
Roundleaf Spurge
Hyssop Spurge
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